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Subway’s tuna is not tuna, but a ‘mixture of various concoctions,’ a lawsuit alleges
wapo ^ | 1/27/2021

Posted on 01/28/2021 7:37:09 AM PST by mylife

Subway describes its tuna sandwich as “freshly baked bread” layered with “flaked tuna blended with creamy mayo then topped with your choice of crisp, fresh veggies.” It’s a description designed to activate the saliva glands — and separate you from your money.

It’s also fiction, at least partially, according to a recent lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The complaint alleges the ingredient billed as “tuna” for the chain’s sandwiches and wraps contains absolutely no tuna.

A representative of Subway said the claims are without merit. Not only is its tuna the real deal, the company says, but it’s wild-caught, too.

The star ingredient, according to the lawsuit, is “made from anything but tuna.” Based on independent lab tests of “multiple samples” taken from Subway locations in California, the “tuna” is “a mixture of various concoctions that do not constitute tuna, yet have been blended together by defendants to imitate the appearance of tuna,” according to the complaint.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: subway; tuna; tunaconcoction; tunapiano
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To: gloryblaze
How much have they been relieved of by their own counsel to boot? And has he/she done much of anything to earn it trying to get this predicament resolved or just piddled around as the months fly by?

The attorneys on both sides are milking this for all that it is worth. My parents have already spent twice what the scam artist gave them for a deposit on attorney fees. This has been going on for years now. The scam artist is hoping my parents will die from old age or Covid.

101 posted on 01/28/2021 10:07:46 AM PST by fireman15
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To: deport

They are expensive....like Five Guys

7-10 a sandwich easy


102 posted on 01/28/2021 10:12:52 AM PST by wardaddy ( IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG)
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To: fireman15

My heart breaks for them. An experience like this is quite an education on the whole justice system. I’ve had to deal, although mercifully on a smaller scale, and am now a pure cynic. Godspeed to them.


103 posted on 01/28/2021 10:29:01 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: mylife

Well I’ll be damned, sir. I can’t tell you how pleasing it is to find someone who knows the the difference between a dolphin and a porpoise and actually cares about it.
It has really irritated me for decades. There is no comparison except in the minds of dolts who cannot distinguish between Mammalian and Piscean species. Leave it to a submariner to assauge my frustration.
A good day to you, sir!


104 posted on 01/28/2021 11:02:04 AM PST by .44 Special (Tiamid Buacach!)
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To: ridesthemiles

I am glad that you enjoy eating there. I am sure that there are things that I eat that you would find less than ideal as well.

When they started out they were pretty good, but now if I eat there (and it doesn’t matter what I eat) I get rather disturbing and uncomfortable intestinal reactions, requiring close proximity to a throne.

Perhaps I could have used a less provocative adjective, but I used the one best descriptive of my experience with that particular product.


105 posted on 01/28/2021 11:53:46 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: mylife
A sub here has so much ham, turkey, salami and provolone on REAL bread it can last me 3 days!

I can't eat the foot-long at our Subway it's so loaded with fresh meat, veggies, and bread.

106 posted on 01/28/2021 11:54:05 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Die-ggl,TWT,FCBK,NYT,WPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antf,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP,MSNBC )
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To: moovova
"Next thing you’re gonna tell me is their baloney sub isn’t baloney."

Yep!
They use sirloin steaks, thin cut, and disguise them...
(At least that is what I heard somewhere... Never having eaten there...)

107 posted on 01/28/2021 11:58:09 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Joe McCarthy now that we desperately need him sober?)
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To: .44 Special

Hat tip in return.


108 posted on 01/28/2021 12:07:08 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Larry Lucido

109 posted on 01/28/2021 12:09:36 PM PST by Chode (Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
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To: mylife
it's called 2na, kinda like beff or loobster
110 posted on 01/28/2021 12:14:53 PM PST by Chode (Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
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To: mylife

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111 posted on 01/28/2021 12:18:12 PM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: mylife

Most tuna isn’t tuna! HELLO????? Who didn’t know that!

https://americantuna.com/store/american-tuna-no-salt-6oz/


112 posted on 01/28/2021 12:20:03 PM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: mylife
I want diced onion and celery in my tuna fish sangwich

And pickles. Finely chopped.

For about the first four or five years of our marriage I would offer to make my husband a tuna fish sandwich. He would say no, with a shutter. I would make him some other kind of sandwich and would make me one.

One day he got home before I did and was feeling peckish. I had left some tuna salad in the refrigerator so he decided to try it.

I came home to an empty dish.

Apparently to him tuna salad was tuna (water packed) and gobs of mayo.

My olive oil packed with fresh dill, lemon, Beau Monde, celery, onion and home made pickles with a tiny dab of mayo was just a tad bit different in flavor.

113 posted on 01/28/2021 12:40:43 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (May their path be strewn with Legos, may they step on them with bare feet until they repent. )
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To: SuperLuminal; SirFishalot; steve8714; wardaddy; PIF; mylife

LOL...

That’s the point about baloney...I figure everything including the kitchen sink has been thrown in.


114 posted on 01/28/2021 12:57:26 PM PST by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: mylife

Hmm...that looks good. I love me some fried food.

Speaking of mortadella... I was stationed in Sicily back in the ‘70s and some of my fondest memories was the food. One special “meal” was a trip to the fresh bread shop for some hot rolls...then to the meat shop for some thin-sliced meat (including mortadella) and cheese. Slap that on those hot rolls...with a bottle of wine. The good old days, LOL.


115 posted on 01/28/2021 1:14:21 PM PST by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: moovova
One special “meal” was a trip to the fresh bread shop for some hot rolls...then to the meat shop for some thin-sliced meat (including mortadella) and cheese. Slap that on those hot rolls...with a bottle of wine

Sicilian staple, among other delectables.

116 posted on 01/28/2021 1:16:00 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: moovova

That’s the point about baloney...I figure everything including the kitchen sink has been thrown in.

Tuna used to be that way too the added dolphin/porpoise made it real tasty - then the enviowackos showed up and made everything sanitary and more bland

baloney also includes floor sweepings, sawdust, dried blood, and other nutritious stuff.


117 posted on 01/28/2021 1:50:13 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: mylife
That the “crab meat” at Chinese buffets isn’t really crab?

Alaskan Pollock, I think, which is very good in its own right, but it ain't crab!

118 posted on 01/28/2021 2:18:41 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: moovova

Fried mortadella, provolone cheese is the bomb!!!


119 posted on 01/28/2021 4:18:22 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: JimRed

I buy it all the time. Great in salads


120 posted on 01/28/2021 4:19:29 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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